Oars Wields Luffys Gum-Gum Powers Via Stolen Shadow
Status: confirmed (Ch. 458) · Technique: chekhov-explicit, prop-tell
The seed
The payoff
Earliest known caller
(Unrecorded.)
Why this matters
A textbook Oda chekhov-explicit rule, dramatized rather than narrated: the shadow-transplant mechanic (already stated for the Zombie Generals — see Thriller Bark Zombies Carry Their Owners Shadow Abilities And Personality) is escalated to its most dangerous case — Luffy’s own powers in a continent-puller’s body — and its key limit (no rubber body → no stretch) is shown in the same beat, so the eventual fight reads as earned. Cross-link Oars, Luffy, Gomu Gomu no Mi, Kage-Kage no Mi.